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Character 2 might at first be the most firm and rejecting of character one. but over time would be able to internalize that character one's desire to 'protect' all comes from fear or pleasure. He protects for fear of his own personal loss, the loss of a loved one, the loss of his honor the loss of his etc. And he protects because the act of protecting gives him pleasure.
The other guy would actually reject everything about the philosophy of character 2 but because to him while words are important ultimately actions speak louder than words. So the more he realizes that character 2 talks a big game about seeking after pleasure and the danger of fear, as he sees that what guy actually does he realizes that what this guy actually follows the spirit a code of honor but rejects the letter of the code. Making him more of a Ronin or masterless samuria. A dangerous individual in other words. A lordless man unfettered by strictures he is like a double edged sword, entirely dependent upon the wielder's skill it increases his deadliness but the slighest slip can cause damage. While a man bound by a code is like a single edged sword, still deadly, but with more potential to stop oneself from violating one's own beliefs in a fight of anger or rage. To character 1 codes of honor don't just constrict you they protect you, at least the one's you willingly take upon yourself. Character 2 on the other hand he's more a rebel without a cause doing what he pleases as he pleases and no one else tells him how he should feel, think or act.
Does that help at all.
The one character realizes that despite rejecting everything except for fear and pleasure, underneath it all the other guy actually is honorable. He would have the easier surface acceptance trying to over time convince the other possibly. And the other character utterly rejects the tenants of the first before eventually realizing that the despite all the pretty words about self control and honor and duty and all that, when it comes to crunch time Mr. Protection does the right thing in the end. He still thinks he should loosen up and just admit when he's a secret adrenaline junkie but whatever.
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